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Post #30…How Will Democracy Die?

* The following remarks were made by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter during a 2012 interview. "I think some of the aspects of current American government, that the people on both sides find frustrating, are in a function of the inability of people to...

Post #27…The Million $ Space Program Question

The history of NASA's Space Program is tainted with suspicion regarding project management, decision making, safety standards, quality standards, and false reports of success. Dealing with all of these issues in one Post is beyond the scope of this website. While all...

Post #24…Workforce Pipeline Challenges

Now that we have defined a Workforce Time-Line we can discuss the challenges that the Workforce faces, and how they affect the education and health of the Workforce. Before we go forward there are three critical points that need to be highlighted. 1. The bond between...

Post #29…No Common Sense…Example #19

NYCHA Problems * What is NYCHA?...The New York City Housing Authority is the largest public housing authority in North America. NYCHA was created in 1935 to provide decent affordable housing for the low and moderate income new yorkers. It consists of 339,900...

Post #26…No Common Sense…Example #17

Premium Urinary Drainage Catheter A major health-care corporation had many companies spread around the world. Each company manufactured a high-volume product for a specific market segment and supported a research and development effort to expand that market segment....

Post #23…Workforce Development…Womb to Tomb

Since the most valuable resource a country has is its people, we need to understand how the people's Workforce is developed. We need a Workforce Development Time-Line! PRE-SCHOOL...Womb - 5 years old Emphasis...play, socializing, and basic physical/mental...

Post #28…No Common Sense…Example #18

Electoral College * In 1787 the founding fathers created the Constitution of the United States. Within that document was the framework for a government for "we the people" and the framework for the Electoral College. The Electoral College was created because the...

Post #25…No Common Sense…Example #16

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988 a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight; caused by part of...

Post #22…No Common Sense…Example #15

Pool Table Tops A small business designs and manufactures recreational products such as pool tables, ping pong tables, and above the ground swimming pools. The pool table line has a range of table top thicknesses from compressed particle board. One production line is...